CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 17, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EOS imaging, leader in orthopedic imaging, announces a series of publications supporting EOS's unique full body imaging capability to appropriately address sagittal alignment, critical to maintaining musculoskeletal health. The articles appeared in a recent supplement of the European Spine Journal titled, "Sagittal Balance of the Spine: Consequences for the Treatment of the Degenerative Spine."
Professor Le Huec, chief of the spine unit at the Bordeaux University Hospital (France) and vice-president of the Eurospine society said, "EOS full body imaging offers a new global perspective, allowing surgeons to more accurately diagnose the origin of sagittal imbalance to make informed treatment decisions. Sagittal alignment depends on a fragile relationship between spine curvatures, pelvic shape and position of lower extremities. This alignment needs to be preserved, and often restored, by surgery. For instance, when performing a corrective spinal osteotomy, an over or under correction could lead to a compensatory response from the pelvis and a mismatch of the lumbo-pelvic profile may occur. The more information we have the better treatment decisions we can make for the patient, and until now imaging had been limited in its ability to capture the whole body."
The EOS system allows for a single, full body or localized image with an ultra-low dose, documented to be up to nine times less than conventional computed radiography1 systems and more than 100 times below that of one CT scan.2 The Nobel-prize winning technology and proprietary software technology provide 3D imaging of the patient skeleton and automatically calculates a broad range of clinical parameters essential to diagnosis and surgical planning. Images can be obtained in standing or seated weight-bearing positions to reflect the bone and joint status of the patient's posture. The system is routinely used by medical centers in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
Marie Meynadier, PhD, CEO, EOS imaging said, "This collection of clinical data validates the significant value of EOS's unique global orthopedic imaging capabilities to understand musculoskeletal relationships as they relate to sagittal balance. We hope this consensus from orthopedic thought leaders will bring forth a more holistic approach to orthopedic and spinal care."
The European Spine Journal supplement included the following articles featuring EOS:
- I. Obeid et al. "Global Analysis of Sagittal Alignment in Major Deformities: Correlation Between Lack of Lumbar Lordosis and Flexion of the Knee"
- G. Morvan et al. "Standardized Way for Imaging of the Sagittal Spinal Balance"
- J.C. Le Huec et al. "Thoracolumbar Imbalance Analysis for Osteotomy Planification Using a New Method: FBI Technique"
- J.Y. Lazennec et al. "Hip-spine Relations and Sagittal Balance Clinical Consequences"
About EOS imaging
EOS was developed from a Nobel Prize-winning technology by a team of engineers, orthopedic surgeons and radiologists as a complete orthopedic imaging solution. EOS allows full-body imaging of patients that enables global assessment of balance and posture as well as a 3D bone-envelope image in a weight-bearing position, and provides automatically over 100 clinical parameters to the orthopedic surgeon for pre- and post-operative surgical planning. EOS is a total solution in orthopedic imaging available in the U.S. since receiving FDA 510(k) clearance. The company EOS imaging has corporate headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. (185 Alewife Brook Parkway, Suite 410; toll-free: +1-866-933-5301), and Paris, as well as an office in Montreal, and is targeting a $2 billion orthopedic imaging marketplace.Learn more at: www.eos-imaging.com.
1 S. Parent et al., Diagnostic imaging of spinal deformities: Reducing patients radiation dose with a new slot-scanning x-ray imager. Spine April 2010, 35 (9): 989.
2 Dubousset J., et al. Une nouvelle imagerie ostx{00E9}o-articulaire basse dose en position debout: le systx{00E8}me EOS." Radioprotection 2005, 40 (2): 245 - 255 - Mx{00E9}moires de l'Acadx{00E9}mie Nationale de Chirurgie, 2005, 4 (4): 22-27